Harmonized Fruit Pill involves planting a baby into the soil as spiritual material.

During childhood [budding], the flesh and blood will grow like plant roots and stems. In the Weak Crown Period [branch hanging], bones and internal organs allow pill cultivators brief moments away from the soil.

Only in the Core Formation Stage [transformation] can pill cultivators gain full freedom of movement.

At Guodan Mountain, if cultivation stagnates before the Core Formation Stage, pill cultivators are refined into elixirs and sold by the sect.

The direct lineage's [Body Refining Blood Technique] is different; it doesn't require burial in soil.

It doesn't restrict by age nor require children to start cultivating. Even elderly individuals in their seventies or eighties can practice.

However, Body Refining Blood Technique consumes too many resources.

Li Mo noted that a top-grade spiritual material called [Huanluo Fruit] is the key to entry for the Body Refining Blood Technique.

But Huanluo Fruit is a unique resource of Guodan Mountain, unavailable in the Corpse Mountain Mini World.

If contact with the outside world could be made, he might smuggle a few Huanluo Fruits from Guodan Mountain through the Four Seas Commerce and cultivate them.

"However, the inheritance of Guodan Mountain seems even more sinister than that of the Dan Ghost Sect; unbelievably, the direct lineage consumes Huanluo Fruit, causing their heads to shrink to the size of walnuts and implanting them into the chest cavity for cultivation."

Once the head grows back, their appearance in the Core Formation Stage is indistinguishable from ordinary people.

During the shrinking of the brain, pill cultivators still retain cognitive functions and can even transplant external brains through surgery.

To Li Mo, the inheritance of Guodan Mountain seemed perfectly suited to fill the gaps in understanding regarding pill cultivation.

As for the Dan Ghost Sect's inheritance of the [Soul Boosting Pill], it's rooted in the Inner Core Lineage.

Li Mo had witnessed inner core cultivators; their body and soul had transformed into intangible medicinal power, capable of parasitizing other people's Mud Pill Palaces at will.

The Soul Boosting Pill is used for refining impurities in spiritual power and is relatively unpopular on the market.

Once mastered, the Soul Boosting Pill enables pill cultivators not only to parasitize Mud Pill Palaces but also to effectively intervene in the host's spiritual power circulation.

In the Dan Ghost Sect, it is indeed a superior cultivation technique.

If Li Mo intended to cultivate the Soul Boosting Pill, he must significantly modify the technique to ensure it wouldn't affect the state of his body and soul.

The third pill cultivation inheritance, [Heart King's Great Method of Seeking Pills], was quite intriguing.

According to Li Mo's memory, the [Heart King Pill] had been wiped out two thousand years ago, seemingly by the Dan Ghost Sect, disappearing completely within three days.

The Heart King's Great Method of Seeking Pills is the only technique that involves refining others into elixirs.

To begin, practitioners must implant a special Middle Dantian [Alchemy Furnace] into themselves, and upon reaching the Weak Crown Period, the Alchemy Furnace will nurture [Heart Fire].

Heart Fire, once it comes into contact with flesh, bones, or blood, will silently corrode and refine the victim's body into countless elixirs.

The more refined elixirs, the stronger the medicinal power contained in the Heart Fire, increasing its effectiveness continuously.

The only drawback is that Heart Fire only corroded flesh and bones, which is why the Dan Ghost Sect is a natural nemesis of the Heart King Pill.

"The Heart King's Great Method of Seeking Pills really suits me..."

Li Mo's brows lifted.

Combining the Alchemy Furnace and Melting Furnace might push refinement to an unparalleled level.

Li Mo suppressed distracting thoughts and continued to review other body cultivation techniques.

Among major sects, the sword cultivators of the Heavenly Sword Sect represent unparalleled attack power, while the body cultivators of [Three Elements Pavilion] embody the other extreme.

Their physical bodies resist decay and conventional methods struggle to kill them outright.

But unfortunately, in Lu Yuan's collection, there was no Taoist inheritance from Three Elements Pavilion; [Fetus-born Demon] belongs to a middle-sized demon sect under Ten Thousand Demon Dao.

Technique: [Fetus Birth Cycle Supreme Skill]

Disciple appearances in the Fetus-born Demon Sect resemble pregnant forms.

This is because the Fetus Birth Cycle Supreme Skill creates a "fetus within a fetus" every hundred years within the body. The "fetus within a fetus" continuously draws nutrients from the main body until the main body becomes a withered corpse.

Demon cultivators seize the "fetus within a fetus" at its twentieth year, abandoning their main body.

Due to the cyclic nature of the technique, the physical body's strength naturally evolves, as each "fetus within a fetus" is built upon the former.

However, the flaws of the technique are too severe, prompting Li Mo to decisively abandon it.

"For only forty years of peak strength in a century, no wonder Fetus-born Demon has an unremarkable reputation among Ten Thousand Demon Dao—it severely compromises combat power."

[Shan Warrior Technique]: [Powerful Warrior Moving Mountains Seeking Immortality Technique]

Li Mo shook his head.

Shan Warriors must refine their Life-bound Magical Artifact [Tushan] during childhood. Tushan attaches to their backbone, and its weight is staggering.

As the body cultivator's realm advances, Tushan's weight grows heavier still.

The oppressive weight forces spiritual energy to infiltrate flesh and bones naturally, with eighty percent of spiritual energy consumed in body refinement.

Shan Warriors rely solely on a single spell to throw Tushan, yet it was enough for them to carve a niche in the Cultivation World.

"This is no more than laborious cultivation."

"If it were a thousand years ago, I might have considered it."

Li Mo felt that the techniques for Artifact Infants and Shan Warriors were somewhat compatible, but he could not permit the long-term burden.

"It seems the Heart King's Great Method of Seeking Pills is my only option now."

"I'll find a chance to acquire Taoist inheritance from Three Elements Pavilion later; body cultivation techniques from middle-sized Immortal Sects are truly niche paths."

Li Mo began preparations for the specialized Middle Dantian associated with Heart King Pill.

Though the text only described it briefly, with his understanding of internal organs, the final Middle Dantian he crafted would surpass expectations.

While in seclusion, Li Mo heard movements from Zhi Mountain Temple.

As expected, Ye Zhuo Daoist had begun arranging the Sword Ghosts of Zhi Mountain Temple. The temple's area was about to expand dozens of times.

After a hundred days, the Alchemy Furnace Middle Dantian was successfully forged.

Li Mo placed the organ inside a Liu Li jar. The exterior resembled blood-flesh tripod cauldrons, incorporating structural references from the Sub-Device Sect's melting furnace.

He opened the Creation Book, hesitating before choosing to imprint the Alchemy Furnace with the Earth Attribute Spirit Root Page.

Though Heart King Pill's Taoist inheritance seemed inclined toward Fire Attribute, it was actually Wood Earth Attribute.

The Heart Fire lacks temperature, with a nature closer to medicinal power seen in the Dan Ghost Sect.

"The Heart King's Great Method of Seeking Pills works best with Wood Spirit Root Page, but I only have Metal and Earth Spirit Root Pages left. It won't hinder cultivation."

By imprinting the Melting Furnace with the Metal Spirit Root Page and the Alchemy Furnace with the Earth Spirit Root Page, future integration with Dharma Body could achieve better compatibility.

As the Spirit Root Pages dissolved, the Alchemy Furnace instantly relocated to the center of Li Mo's torso.

"Heh heh heh."

Before Li Mo could absorb spiritual energy, the Alchemy Furnace began wriggling autonomously, causing faint nourishment to gather in the Dantian through his blood vessels.

The pain of implanting an organ didn't even prompt Li Mo to frown.

Three days later.

The Alchemy Furnace awakened with the Divine Skill [Blood Melt Elixir Sand].

Born a Saint, Li Mo smoothly integrated the Alchemy Furnace into his Taoist Body, causing his Dantian to swell several times over and subtly transform his blood-flesh structures.

Before checking Blood Melt Elixir Sand's details, Da Ai Mi Tian erupted.

Cancer cells crazily surged into the Alchemy Furnace, faint flames ignited, transforming into blood-red smoke curling incessantly within the Middle Dantian.

Da Ai Mi Tian birthed the fifth spirit pattern: [Dan Cancer].

The total spirit patterns soared to over two hundred. The replication speed of cancer cells accelerated, with Heart Fire entirely overtaken by cancer cells.

Li Mo snapped to attention.

The function of Blood Melt Elixir Sand was to replace the Heart Fire in the Alchemy Furnace with cancer cells.

The Dan Cancer possessed more terrifying corrosive power, remarkably enhancing efficiency in refining flesh and bones into elixirs. It could even produce poisonous pills inducing mutation.

The Heart King's Great Method of Seeking Pills adapted as needed, pivoting its cultivation path to Da Ai Mi Tian.

Li Mo carefully selected spiritual power, abandoning the Wood Attribute in favor of Earth Blood Attribute [Earth-infused Spirit Power] to unleash Da Ai Mi Tian fully.

The characteristic of Earth-infused Spirit Power is that it imbues spells with the capability to petrify flesh and bones invasively.

Simultaneously, the abundance of Earth-infused Spirit Qi in the Corpse Mountain Mini World provided convenient access.

Li Mo inhaled deeply; the Earth-infused Spirit Qi surged like whales feeding and settled into the Alchemy Furnace after several Circulation Cycles.

With his Taoist Body's exceptional talent, the Earth-infused Spirit Power was purified in mere breaths.

Li Mo opened his eyes, cultivation skyrocketing, completing Foundation Establishment in an instant. The Blood-infused Spirit Power advanced to the Weak Crown Period swiftly.

The Heart King's Great Method of Seeking Pills at the Weak Crown Period was encased in Dan Cancer, transforming spiritual power into a grotesque, tumor-like fake Golden Core.

Indeed, upon reaching the Weak Crown Period, Heart King Pill immediately produces a fake pill.

To transform the fake pill into a Golden Core, at least ten cultivators of the same realm must have their bodies refined, extracting their medicinal essence to nourish the fake pill.

"The Corpse Mountain Tenants have Corpse Wine and Illusion Spirit Root to maintain vitality; they could serve as targets."

Li Mo extended his consciousness into the Corpse Mountain Mini World and casually selected one Weak Crown Period tenant.

The colorless Dan Cancer infiltrated the tenant's body, causing their flesh and bones to gradually shrink before crystalline elixirs detached one after another.

Li Mo exhaled deeply.

If the tenants failed, his next attempt would be at the Grave Mound Sword Tomb.

A palm of elixirs appeared in Li Mo's grasp. Empowered by Da Ai Mi Tian, the elixirs refined were meticulously pure, of top-quality.

The Corpse Mountain tenants weren't fully drained of vitality; their flesh and bones recovered under the nourishment of Corpse Wine.

"Heh heh heh, yet another new industry developed."

Li Mo clenched his fist, dissolving the elixirs into surging medicinal power directed into the Alchemy Furnace.

However, before the fake pill absorbed the medicinal power, a thought struck Li Mo, prompting him to withdraw the power instantly, attention fixed on the Artifact Infant within the Melting Furnace.

"If I progress normally according to the technique, there's too little overlap; Dan Infant and Artifact Infant can't possibly unify."

"What if I tried this..."

Li Mo transported the Artifact Infant into the Corpse Mountain Mini World.

A Nascent Soul, several hundred meters tall, landed amid the mountains, radiating an almost tangible magnetic force, assimilating buried tenants in the surrounding earth.

The tenants' bodies crystallized, their flesh and bones imbued with traces of magnetic force.

At once, Li Mo applied Dan Cancer again.

A new batch of elixirs took on metallic hues, indeed containing faint magnetic properties.

"It worked."

The fake pill accepted anything, even medicinal power tainted with a rusty iron scent.

Once fully digested, the fake pill expanded slightly, sprouting a miniature Golden Core that deepened its connection with the Artifact Infant.

"Not bad, not bad."

Li Mo's expression brightened as he imprinted the fake pill on a blank page.

Meanwhile, the Fire Flame Sword Bone reached perfection, its Three-section Immortal Bone gleaming with an indescribable radiance, amplifying Sword Intent by an additional twenty percent.

The Great Wilderness Immortal Body, however, left Li Mo helpless.

Despite continual hints of transcending mortality, it resembled a Bottomless Pit devouring the Taoist Body, unable to break beyond the Immortal boundary.

"Becoming an Immortal Body is truly challenging. It seems persistence is the only option—I hope the Grave Mound Sword Tomb holds some top-quality beast Taoist bodies."

Moo~

Yang Niu Head emerged.

Lu Yuan's voice echoed, "Taiyi, come to the Grave Mound Sword Tomb in a hundred days."

"Master…"

Before Li Mo could finish speaking, Yang Niu vanished once more into the void.

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